How Technology Has Changed Our Lives

Technology is defined as machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge. Its original use was meant solely for the service of humans, however overtime it has evolved into something much different. What was originally meant to be an assisting piece of machinery has changed almost every aspect of our culture. The way we think, communicate, lie, and even love has been impacted by the use of technology, and all of this is has made for interesting pieces of literature. In pieces such as Her and I, Robot, we see the evolution of robots and artificial intelligence into a more empathetic and humanlike creatures. This gradual change in our views of robots overtime speaks volumes to the evolution of technology. Technology in literature has become a reflection of human beings themselves, mirroring the very qualities of ourselves that make us human. By looking at the personality that technology takes on in literature, we can greater understand the aspects of ourselves that truly make us human.

The world we live in today is changing fast, due to the introduction and the advance of technology, it has improved modern life in many different ways. When you wake up what’s the first thing you do? You turn off the alarm off or hit snooze button on your phone. What’s next? The T.V., radio, or microwave, just think how many things throughout the day we use that involves using technology. We have based our lives around the use of technology. Yes, it’s good and has made our life’s easier, but it has also caused many problems that have been over viewed. Everything we need to do involves us using technology. Technology has taken over our life’s, as explained in “Technology: Do We Control It or Does It Control Us?”. After reading and analyzing it, I agree with it.

Then there is the cost factor, to be able to use this software; you must first switch all medical records to a digital system. This appears to be so costly that the government offers incentive money to meaningful users of the electronic patient e-file. Then there is the issue of, what if the system goes down at a critical time in patient care? If there is no hard copy to fall back on how will that affect the outcome? Lastly, there is the possibility of a data breach this could cost thousands in legal fees (Khazan, n.d.)

People are connected to technology on a daily basis regardless of the time nor place. There are new apps that are around that regulate and monitor the time spent on cell phones to ensure one is getting that face to face interaction with others. It almost seems as if technology has been turning people into walking zombies. Since peoples are not able to get enough of that face to face interaction, they are lacking in their social skills and tend to be nervous when the are in that face to face interaction with another. One may not know how to react since they are so used to the face to screen interaction. Technology has been making a massive progression in these last few generations by getting involved in our schooling system, improving our

Today a lot of people use technology such as computers, smartphones, and tablets to get information, to buy something, and to communicate with family and friends. Since technology has been developed, people’s lives have also been changed. One of the examples is that many companies have started to sell their products through the Internet and customers look for goods and buy them on the Internet. Before technology was developed, people had to go to stores to purchase products. However, we can look for and purchase products whenever and wherever we want now. Shopping has become more convenient. I also often use technology to buy products, especially flight tickets. Since I came to the United States, whenever I go traveling or go back to Japan during breaks, I used an online travel agency, Expedia, to purchase my flight tickets. This is because it is very convenient. I can search and reserve my flight quickly. Usually, I do not have any problem with Expedia, but I had trouble with it because of technology during this spring break. I think that if humans operated the service, the problem did not happen.

Have you ever used technology – surfing the internet, playing a videogame, or scrolling through social media – as a way to escape reality for a little bit? Have you been guilty of ‘binge watching” a Netflix series, or two...or three in one weekend because you did not want to deal with your parents, family or friends for a while? At what point does technology become an addiction, especially for teenagers of today who will be the first generation who knows nothing different than life with technology? Being seventeen, I am apart of the generation labeled as “digital natives,” this means me and many other teens have been born into the technological world, and do not know a world without technology. We are allowing this technological world to consume who we are and what we do with our lives. Especially for the generation of teens today, technology will continue to be difficult to live without; but it also will become something very difficult to live with if we rely on it too much or feel like we can not live without it.

Many people don’t ever think twice about posting their personal information online. They enjoy using many features that are made available to them on social media. Including tagging their location, posting pictures of themselves, and filling in their bio and profile with information about them. Technology has grown into something that is so easily accessible and convenient. One can now shop from the leisure of their home without ever moving from their sofa or changing out of their pajamas. What many people don’t know is that tech companies such as Facebook and Google track their online activity and are constantly storing and selling their information. A user may also willingly offer their information to these companies when they ask for it

Could you imagine life without your cell phone? I know I couldn’t. My daily routine is controlled by my cell phone; from the alarm clock on my phone that wakes me up to the last Instagram post I check before I close my eyes. I couldn’t fathom the thought of not having my phone (not a phone but, my phone!) with me every second of the day. My life would probably shatter in to pieces. Without a phone I don’t think my family, friends, or I would be able to function everyday properly.

With the rapid development of the technology, telephone was invented, computer was invented, and now scientists have invented robots that can be apply in some fields and affect our life. At first, scientist invented robots was in order to make life more convenient. Indeed, we do not need to sweep the floor every week because robots can help us, and also we do not need to get round to wash dishes before working every day after finishing rush dinner. Yes, we cannot deny that robots help us a lot in our life. Nevertheless, because of these benefits that every one will appreciate them that can affect us in some negative ways. So robots may play an unfavorable role in the future.

Technology is all around us, the clothes we wear, the homes we live in, and the way we get our food and water, are all due to technology. From the time we come into this world till the time we leave, technology is part of who we are and what we do, yet we take for granted the inventions that make our lives a little more comfortable, happier, and a little less lonely. Through technology time and space seem to diminish; creating a connection between people that otherwise would not have existed. Once a piece of technology becomes part of everyday use, it melds into people’s lives seamlessly and future generations won’t know a time without it. The cell phone is one technology that has been around long enough to fuse into the lives of the young, but older generations can still remember life without this chunk of machinery.

Starting from the late twentieth century, technology, as a productive method to change our life style, is significantly integrating into our daily life. However, at the very beginning, technology is just as an advanced and unavailable existing stay at scientific laboratory, which is far from the public’s daily life. The unpredicted but expected truth is that it develops much faster in recent decades and getting much popular in our routines. We use smart phones to contact each other; all kinds of APP’s usage make our life easy and convenient. Personal computers become daily necessities, which we can easily crab information through the Internet. Online technologies server in school educations, work place, social environment and also family

Turkle senses a standstill, pleading that we still have time to take back our lives, to draw limitations on social media, to refine technology in a way that it truly benefits us and doesn’t serve selfishly motivated actions. A better way of seeing this is learning how to turn off the cyborg in us, and how to make technology a useful and effective attachment. Technology being so deeply ingrained, we have all allowed our phones to become an extension of who we are. Students in Turkle’s research sleep with their phones, and say they know when it is ringing, like phantom limb syndrome. Our smartphones are always with us, and our profiles are always on our minds. We interact with multiple messaging services via brief conversations of abbreviations and image sharing. We speak through images, abandoning words and written language. “Memes” inducing a reaction in under a minute, due to our ability to connect hundreds of cultural contexts back to a single image. No one has spoken more than several words, sometimes none, and we are in an uproar of ideas and emotions with a glance at a single image in a “meme”. We begin to think like our machines.

Technology is often considered the key to nations’ economic growth due to the many improvements brought to society. Taking a look back in history, technology has made good changes in human life, due to the automatization and less effort spent to produce in mass. In recent years, the dependence resulting from the usage of small and powerful devices by young people to correlate with others is causing side effects associated with health disorders. Researchers are working to find the best application of technology in human life, without compromising the development of society and leverage the usage of emerging devices and services. The majority of society is more dependent on the evolving technology than they think, causing several issues to human life such as psychological effects, psychological issues, and sociological complications. What can people do in order to prevent the symptoms of emerging disorders?

When you had to wait days and weeks for that letter to arrive and you needed get that information from that person, it was frustrating. Today communication has become easier with the use of technology. I was born in a generation of technology that has made it easier for me to talk to anyone that is anywhere. It used to be only phone calls and letters the ways to communicate with someone who wasn’t near you, but not today. The development of technology has allowed us to communicate with anyone around the world in just matters of seconds. Whenever I want to know if anyone from my family is doing alright or I need to get an information from my job I just need to pick up my phone and send a message or open my laptop and maybe video chat with that person.

Today was a typical day for me. I woke up and started looking through my email and schedule on Gmail. I did a daily reading in my Jesus Calling App specifically for today, took a shower and reviewed my homework assignment on the UMUC website. Later I went for a run and tracked my mileage on Strava and noticed my friend Mike logged a bike ride yesterday so I gave him a “thumbs up.” Later, as I returned to my schoolwork I noticed some pop up ads for new places to visit in Florida since I just returned there and used my Waze and Trip Advisor to get me around.